BEACON, N.Y. — Constance Martha Pryor Smith, known as "Marty," cherished for her warmth, wit and wisdom, died on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Beacon, N.Y. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Reed Smith, who died exactly 13 months to the day before she did. She was 89.

Marty was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Falls Church, Va. She joined the U.S. Navy where she met Reed in 1945 and became a wartime bride a mere two weeks later.

She was once secretary for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and she was an illustrator for print ads at Worth's Department Store on Bank Street. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s she was the parish secretary at St. John's Episcopal Church. Following this, she worked as a secretary in Waterbury Hospital's Social Services Department. When Reed and Marty relocated to Chicago in 1985, she became a docent for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

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